THE text of Scriptures draws its meaning from its context. Even in our natural normal day communication, none of us would want to be quoted out of context. It therefore follows that we have no leeway ...

(The Conversation) — A historian of the Bible in American life explains how Bible verses are being picked out of context to make a case for the anti-vaxxer movement. (The Conversation) — A devout ...

How should we approach seemingly inconsistent messages in sacred texts? Religious types insist that contradictions in sacred scriptures are not cardinal flaws. They blame it on artistic classification ...

I read with great interest two Spotlight letters in the Jan. 9 Readers’ Forum (“Let him who is without sin cast the first stone” by Emily Gill, “Where’s the Sermon on the Mount when you need it?” by ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. – In Margaret Nutting Ralph’s first book, “And God Said What?: An Introduction to Biblical Literary Forms” (Paulist Press, $18.95), published in 1986, Ralph wrote from the standpoint of ...